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This is a very good question, I have been wondering the very same thing. I mean - I "advertise" my blog as being a bit of everything. But is that actually what I should be doing? I write about all sorts of stuff - all sorts of genres - but is it all too much variety? Or is the variety good? If I was to become a more focussed writer, what would I pick? And how would my readers take that? For me, and I suspect you're similar in this, blogging was always a way to just write about anything. Is it different now? Do we need to choose or does it matter that what we have is a personal "whole-life-blog"? No clue!

My response to your tweet still stands. It's not dead until everyone stops. And what's wrong with seeing all of Thomas?

I'd fire back at you the reference to "the body is made up of many parts."

Sure, post your specialisms in specialist areas e.g. Music, photography etc, but don't separate the parts that you think are more valuable from the whole.

As an example of what I mean:

I've listened to Eric Clapton play in his various bands and solo projects over many years. His guitar playing is beautiful and skilful. But over the last week or so I've been reading his autobiography and understanding a bit more about the man behind the guitar.

Reading his story in his own words has made me re-visit some old tracks and I hear them through "different ears", because now I understand the emotion that is behind the lyrics.

What I like about your blog is that I never know what I'm going to find when I check it. The variety is a reflection of the kind of person you are. Unless you really want to, I see no reason for you to change the way you do things.